Sash-operating device



. Dec. 13, 1927. "1,652,632

W. S. ODLE SASH OPERATING DEVICE Filed July 24, 1925 Patented Dec. 13, 192?.

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WINFIELID S. ODLE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SASH-OPERATING DEVICE.

Q Application filed July 24, 1925.

i This invention relates to casement fasteners, more especially for a center, vertically or horizontally pivoted steel metal sash such as is common in factory buildings, and which is often lacking in adequate provision for opening and closing and for securing 1n adjusted positions.

The object of this invention is to prov dea very simple but strong, reliable and easily operabledevice for effecting the openlng and closing of such sashes, which admits of quick operation and adjustment without danger to the hands of an operator, which further admits ofthe sash being readily fastened in any position of adjustment or against adjustment beyond any predetermined extent of opening, and which projects into the building to a minimum extent irrespective of whether the sash is open or closed.

Still further objects subsidiary to or re-' sulting from the aforesaid objects, or. from the construction or operation of the invention as it may be carried into efiect, will become apparent as the said invent-ion is hereinafter further disclosed.

In carrying the said invention into efiect, I may provide the frame of a window having a pivoted sash therein with a member extending in an arcuate manner about the fulcrum of the sash, and also provide the adjacent side member of the sash with a handle, the free end of which extends over said arcuate member, said arcuate member being provided with a plurality of recesses or orifices and the free end of said handle with a pin or projection adapted to engage in any of said orifices. The pin may be retained therein by resilient pressure of said handle and capable of withdrawal therefrom upon the springing outwardly of said handle against its own resistance, said handle being provided with means preventing its disassociation from said arcuate member to an undesirable extent.

All of which is more particularly described and ascertained hereinafter, by way of example, having reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view of a metal window having my improved device applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of the Window illustrating the device in elevation;

Serial No. 45,763.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary transverse section of the window illustrating the device in side elevation, and

Figure 1 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line 4 1 Figure 3.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several figures of the drawing.

, 1 indicates a well known type of metal sash mounted in the window frame 2 and pivoted at 3, and 4 is a fixed member such as of iron or steel bar stock bent to provide a flat portion 5, secured by bolts 6 to the window frame 2, and an arcuate portion 7 extending therefrom about the. axis of the hinge 3, the size of the said arcuate portion being according to the size and weight of window With which the fastening and adjusting device is to be used. This arcuate portion is provided with a series of orifices 8 in its length.

9 is a handle of an operating member having a fiat portion 10 secured to the side member 1 of the sash 1, by bolts 11, an intermediate portion 12 extending outwardly from the said member 1 and a free portion 13 extending from the portion 12 over the arcuate portion 7 of the member at and bent at its end to form a looped operating iandle lt. The handle end of the portion 13 is provided with a stud 15 adapted to enter one or other of the orifices of the arcuate member 7 according to the adjustment of the device, and with a strap 16 extending around the said arcuate member and permitting sufiicient outward movement of the operating member therefrom to admit of the pin 15 being disengaged from any of the orifices, but preventing the operating member being pulled outwardly to an extent which might unduly strain it or be 0therwise objectionable.

It will be apparent that the operating member may be of a more or less springy nature having a normal tendency to press the pin 15 into engagement with one or other of the orifices 8 with which it may coincide, and that the withdrawal of the pin from such orifice would be effected against the re sistance of the said operating member; and it will also be apparent that the handle being always at a fixed distance from the axis of the hinge in any adjusted position, does not swing outwardly or unduly project from the Window with which it is used in the manner so common with casement and sash fasteners as ordinarily used.

Furthermore, the relationship of the parts is such as to etficiently withstand the weight of heavy windows and strain which may be imposed thereon due to wind pressures on the window, a further feature of the device being the freedom with which it may be operated without danger of the operator entrapping his fingers between moving parts of the device or of the window, or otherwise damaging his hands.

Still further, the construction of the operating device particularly lends itself to being locked in its closed position or against opening beyond any desired extent by the simple securing or a padlock or similar looking device in any of the orifices of the arcuate member.

This invention may be developed within the scope of the following claims without departing from the essential features of the said invention, and it is desired that the specification and drawing be read as merely illustrative and not in a limiting sense, except as necessitated by the prior art.

hat I claim is:

1. In combination with a window frame and a sash fulerumed therein, a fixed member having a plane portion secured to said frame and an arcuate portion extending from said fixed portion in an are about the fulcrum of said sash, a flexible sash-adjusting member movable with said sash and having a free end extending over the arcuate portion of said fixed member, means securing such end of said movable member in positions of adjustment on the arcuate member, and a handle on said free end for flexing said member and swinging said sash.

2. In combination with a Window frame and a sash fulcrumed therein, a fixed arcuate member carried by said frame and extending about the fulcrum of said sash, a sash adjusting member movable with said sash and comprising a spring arm secured thereto, said spring arm having a free end provided with an abutn'ient adapted to spring into perforations in said arcuate member in different positions of adjustment of said sash adjusting member, and means on said arm for facilitating the withdrawal of said abutment from its engagement with the arcuate member to permit opening and closing of the sash.

3. Sash adjusting and securing means, comprising an arcuate frame member adapted to be secured to the frame of a. pivoted window so that the axis of the arcuate portion thereof will coincide with the fulcrum of the sash, a flexible sash-adjusting member adapted to be secured to the sash of such window, said sash member having a. free end yieldab'ly movable from and over the arcuate frame member, said sash member having an abutment on its free end and'said frame member being adapted to be adjustably engaged b said abutment, and a handle on the tree en of said sash member for the purposes specified. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my'signature.

WINFIELD s. ODLE. 

